US Told To Revamp Off-Road Rules For Mojave Desert

Law360, New York (February 1, 2011, 4:22 PM EST) -- A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to retool its management plan for 25 million acres of public land in Southern California to minimize the environmental impact of off-road vehicles.

Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a remedy order on Friday as a follow-up to her December 2009 summary judgment ruling that found the BLM's management plan for a large swath of the western Mojave Desert violated both the National Environmental Policy Act...